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Magnetic tape drive with a burnishing unit

US10692524B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Erik Rueger · Mainz, DE
Stefan Wiedemann · Munich, DE
Markus Schäfer · Horterhof, DE
Robert Beiderbeck · Wassenberg, DE
Ole Asmussen · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 2019
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B5/40
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a tape drive, and to a method and a computer program product for operating a tape drive. The tape drive may include a transport mechanism which may include a tape head. The tape drive may be adapted to receive a magnetic tape with the transport mechanism, and to transport the magnetic tape by the transport mechanism. The tape head may be adapted to perform read-write operations on an oxide side of the magnetic tape. The tape drive may include a burnishing unit, which may include a burnishing roller and a burnish controller having an abrasive shell. The burnishing roller may be installed in the tape drive upstream of the tape head such that the abrasive shell supports the received magnetic tape on the oxide side. The burnish controller may be adapted to control the movement of the burnishing roller.

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